Definitions for land-breeze

land-breeze land breeze

Land-Breeze is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 381 anagrams from letters in land-breeze (-abdeeelnrz).

Definitions for land-breeze

noun

  1. a coastal breeze blowing at night from land to sea, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling of their respective surfaces.

Origin of land-breeze

First recorded in 1660-70

Examples for land-breeze

The hot time of day is from eight, when the land breeze fails, to ten.

Then embarking their spoil, they sailed away with the land breeze.

And by the help of a land breeze we succeeded in gaining an offing.

"Let us get under weigh with the land breeze this evening," said he.

The land breeze was fresh and strong, and the Mary Rose vindicated her claim to be considered a fast sailer.

Hayston decided to take advantage of the land breeze, and so get away to South harbour at once, as we had business to do there.

In the evening we got a land breeze from about east, which lasted most of the night.

We sailed at daybreak, and had the land breeze to take us out of the harbour.

The land breeze lasted long enough to bring them by Santa Cruz, and their ship drifted along all day between Raza and the main.

After sunset there was a land breeze, and we sailed a little to the south-east.

Word Value for land-breeze
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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